Name: Elbl, Louis Joseph
Burial Date: 1948, 06/03
Age at Death: 85
Plot Location: 055 L
Notes: husband of Anna L Mary (Beyer)
| Birth: | Jun. 3, 1862, Austria |
| Death: | Jun. 1, 1948 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA |
 The Sterling BulletinLouis Elbl, Sr.,Dies At Age Of 86Louis Joseph Elbl, veteran shoe repair man who plied his trade on the main street of Sterling for more than half a century, passed away Tuesday night at the age of 86 years. Funeral services will be held this afternoon (Thursday) at 4:30 o’clock at the Porter Funeral home with Dr. L. R. Templin in charge. It will be a Masonic funeral. The career of Louis Elbl is the story of an immigrant boy who made good in a strange land. He was born on June 3, 1862, at Marren, Austria, and came to this country with friends at the age of 19. He had learned the cobblers trade from his grandfather in his homeland. He went to Kinsley, Kansas, where he helped lay the steel for the first railroad through that city. It was at Kinsley that he met the Beyers family with whom he came to Sterling in 1882. Here he worked from the Wonacott store, making boots. Later he worked a few years for D. J. Fair, and in 1893 started his own shop here. For years he was located one door south of the Farmers State Bank. His son, Louis, Jr., joined him in the shop and is carrying on in his father’s steps. On September 21, 1886 Mr. Elbl married Anna M. Beyer who survives him. Their sixtieth wedding anniversary was celebrated in September of 1946 with a reception for friends and relatives. In addition to a son Louis, Jr., the family included a daughter, Anna Alice ‘Allie’, who passed away on May 14, 1901. Survivors in addition to his widow and son include three grand children: Ashley, Vivian and William Elbl; three great grandsons, Louis Ashley, Jr., Michael William, and Robert Stephan. Four brothers, now living in Austria, also survive. Family links: Children: *Calculated relationship |
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| Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: Lot 55L |
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| Created by: Shirley Thacker Hartman Record added: May 16, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 69906852 |
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